After the loss of many warships during the latest battle, The Z Navy decides to deploy one of her most fearsome weapons in battle, Submarines :

date : December 20th 1940
Place : Azimech Sea
Time : 4:00 AM

10 Garhadiel Submarines have been folowing the Kruolans "Dambusters" all day long, and they are going to engage them in one of the most effective mission of their service.
ZNS Durhenfield is the first to strike the Kruolan fleet, at 4:25 AM, the sub's torpedoes hit KUS Chinstrap on her port side forcing her crew to evacuate, later on, KUS Lancefox is hit by 6 torpedoes, coming from ZNS Spearhead and ZNS Anhoda. At 4:45 AM, the Torpedoes from ZNS Alpha-Hites pierces a huge hole through KUS Kernin, which explodes and sinks after her amunition compartement took on fire. KUS Essex evades 2 torpedoes, bu is hit by 2 out of 4 torpedoes from ZNS Garhadiel, finally, after being hit by more than 8 torpedoes, KUS Victory sinks with 310 men on board. All submarines return to New Primax Harbor with only medium damages from depth charges from enemy detroyers.

The mission is yet another succes for the Z Navy, which starts to build new ships to replace the sunk ones.

Meanwhile, thanks to a great support of SAN volunteers, The Z Empire has been able to push back the Kruolans back to it's borders, after 5 months of intense fighting, and is now able to launch a full scale assault on Springwood and it's surroundings : The Z Empire is slowly but surely moving towards Baumadto.